McGehee Chamber of Commerce - Business & Industry

Agriculture is the main source of income in McGehee. Cotton, rice, soybeans, wheat, grain sorghum, cattle and catfish are the main agricultural products. Recently, crawfish have been introduced on to the agricultural market. There are two cotton gins, two grain dryers, one rice mill, grain storage and a federal compress in McGehee.

The Bunge Corporation on the Mississippi River provides grain marketing services. Producers Rice Mill also ships grain via the Mississippi River. The Yellow Bend Port recently opened for shipping services. The port provides cost-efficient shipping in and out of port, using a 40-ton overhead crane as well as a conveyor system.

There are one hundred retail businesses in McGehee. Total sales amount to over $15,000,000.00. Major industries include Potlatch Forest Products Corporation, a bleached paperboard mill with employment of 400 persons; McGehee Industries, hospital garment manufacturing with employment of 35 persons; Star Paper Tube, cardboard paper tube core manufacturing with employment of 5 persons.

There are two financial institutions in McGehee, Arkansas. Both are insured by FDIC.

McGehee Bank, P.O. Box 787, Telephone: (870) 222-3151; FAX: (870) 222-6159.

First National Bank, P.O. Box 728, Telephone: (870) 222-3808; FAX: (870) 222-4853.

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Potlatch Forest Products Corporation

The local newspaper is McGehee-Dermott Times-News, a weekly publication which can be bought at news stands or on the street. The paper is published by McGehee Publishing Company, Inc., 205 N. Second Street, P.O. Box 290, McGehee, AR 71654; Telephone: (870) 222-3922; FAX: (870) 222-3726. Home delivery is also available.

There is also home delivery of the state paper, the Arkansas-Democrat Gazette, and home delivery of the Pine Bluff Commercial.